US Vigna

A Cowpea Working Group

Leaves and pea pods of cowpea plant

The Vigna Crop Germplasm Committee (CGC) is a generic name for the national working group of experts/specialists of Vigna crops and their commercial products. One purpose of this CGC is to provide technical support to the United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Land Grant University State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAES), and others for the management of Vigna germplasm resources. Another purpose is to serve Vigna commodity groups by providing a strategic overview of the total national scientific effort with germplasm resources of Vigna crops. Additional information about this committee, including current membership, and an overview of all CGCs can be found at https://www.ars-grin.gov/CGC.

This website was initiated in 2016 in conjunction with the 2016 FAO International Year of the Pulses. Specific objectives are to increase awareness of this crop in the USA, to address critical issues in cowpea pest management and to foster research, education and industry teams to promote better production practices.

News

Cowpea Profile – August 5, 2016

Support

Southern IPM Center Grant, and small grants from the USDA IR-4 program, Southern Frozen Foods, Inc, K. G. Kardin Farm, Syngenta, Dupont Crop Protection, and others

Partners

The currently funded project through the USDA Southern IPM Center is headed up by the University of Georgia (logo below links to the UGA Tifton Campus website, as several cowpea team members are based there) in partnership with Tennessee State University, Auburn University, Clemson University, USDA ARS and one industry partner, Fresh Frozen Foods, Inc.